What rare angel is the least owned?

What rare angel is the least owned?

  • Bandit Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Golden Pygmy Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Colins Angel

    Votes: 6 5.1%
  • Hotumatuas Angel

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Interuptus Angel

    Votes: 9 7.6%
  • Joculator Angel

    Votes: 2 1.7%
  • Resplendent Angel

    Votes: 8 6.8%
  • Venustus Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Blueline Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Chrysurus Angel

    Votes: 5 4.2%
  • Conspicillatus Angel

    Votes: 9 7.6%
  • Multicolor Angel

    Votes: 7 5.9%
  • Peppermint Angel

    Votes: 49 41.5%
  • Kingi Angel

    Votes: 11 9.3%

  • Total voters
    118
  • Poll closed .
We just received another of the rarest angelfish in the world, at present! Add this to our C. nahackyi, C. interrupta, C, colini, Holanthias fuscipinnis, Chaetodon smithi, Prognathodes basebi, blue Potter's, masked angelfish and the only C. fisheri X C. potteri hybrid every found, and the Waikiki Aquarium is THE place to be for rare marine fish lovers!

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Aloha!

J. Charles Delbeek
 
Wow that is awesome! looks like a miniature ballina angel in some ways. Thanks for sharing, dont hesitate to post more pics of this and the other fish you mentioned.
 
Nice Abei Charles! Look's kinda like a raccoon. I think saying that the Waikiki Aquarium is the place to be is putting it mildly.

I wonder how many fish the Waikiki Aquarium has that the only ones on display in the world.
 
Hey Charles,
I remember that AA article, thanks for writing that up btw. I just thought you might have some more recent pics. I am guessing that Prognathodes basebi is the Prognathodes sp. you wrote about? Also, is the genus of the clipperton angel Pomacanthus or Holocanthus?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10045307#post10045307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by revclyburn
Hey

I remember a while back a guy name Delbeek who wrote articles in FAMA Mag, are you the same guy?

And he's literally written the book series on Reef Aquariums... I don't care for him too much though...:D Just kidding... this guy is as down to Earth as anyone and a true diehard hobbyist like many of us when it comes down to it!

Anyway Charles... good work! Now get cracking on getting some boylei already... I had dinner with Julian a couple of months back and heard his story of how he was there in Hawaii when Rich returned with the first peppermints and narcosis back in the late 80s... all in the same tank in his apartment in Honolulu! :D What a site that must have been! Anyway... what's the holdup!?:p

Keep up the good work my friend... and see you in the fall!

John
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10041002#post10041002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JCDelbeek
and the only C. fisheri X C. potteri hybrid ever found

Also since this thread has been bumped we need to all congratulate RC's own William Crook (pactrop) for discovering this fish! William caught this in March and despite being offered mucho dinero for it he donated it to the Waikiki Aquarium. This could not have happened to a better guy... I spoke to him right after he got it and he was stoked! An amazing find considering that these are the two most common angelfish species in Hawaii and they've never been known to hybridize... also interesting in that they are not that closely related as far as Centropyge go...

Congrats Bill!:thumbsup: When does the article come out? :) Anyway, here's a blown up shot for everyone... could anything be rarer than ONE KNOWN SPECIMEN?!
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10045307#post10045307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by revclyburn
Hey

I remember a while back a guy name Delbeek who wrote articles in FAMA Mag, are you the same guy?

That's me, nice to be remembered ... though I haven't written for them in over 15 years ... I write a monthly column in Aquarium Fish International (used to AFM) since 1993, online mags and a few books, check out Amazon.com and search my last name.

Aloha!
JCD
 
Ok

please I still have some of those issues from back them, they're collectors items, IMO. Glad to meet you sir. You definitley were a great help to me way back when I was stupid enough to get addicted to this hobby, lol. I see some Copps was talking about my favorite fish, C. Boylei, what's the skinny on that fish, any successful breeding of it yet. I'm saving my pennies to buy one, but I lost count at 5, lol

revclyburn
 
I haven't heard of any coming on the market lately. I heard of a fellow in Japan (I am sure Tanaka-san knows of him) who had a pair years ago, that were spawning. No one has raised them yet. I know Frank could do it but the first key is getting them to eat, as you know!

If the C. abei is any indication, the key may be temperature.

Aloha!
JCD
 
I am guessing that since not many people are skilled or crazy enough to go that deep these were collected by Brian Greene.

Quoted from Brian Greene-
"Yes, I collected these on the outer reef slope at 115m in .... "Micronesia".

They are the hardiest angels I've ever kept even feeding from my finger tips, but the key has been temperature. When I collected them, the water temp on the surface was 85, but on the bottom in the mid 50's. Now I have them down to about 65 degrees and they are doing just fine. "

Carl
 
I remember talking to Tanaka about C. Boylei, very knowledgeable. He mentioned someone, but I forgot who he said, let me search for his thread reply. I really appreciated his help and like you, was informed of the difficulty in rearing them. I thought maybe RCT would try but as of yet I haven't heard a word about them do it. Oh well, one day, some one will have success with them.

edwin
 
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